Donna Pool Speaks to addiction recovery groups, churches, care giver support groups, etc. sharing her testimony of how God led her to His Way of living life instead of the worldly way.
There are times we must turn around and face ourselves. Are we resonating the Holy Spirit within by our words, choices, behaviors, and waiting on God’s timing? Or are we just surviving whatever happens next with no plan, led by feelings, overthinking, making impulsive decisions, and living selfishly? In life’s challenges, which is different for […]
How would you respond in the face of sure death, degradation, mutilation, or slowly dying inside from sex trafficking in a foreign land far from home? Would your faith in God stand firm, even if it meant God’s plan was death by fire and resurrection into the heavenly kingdom of God? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
The giraffe teaches us wilderness lessons for everyday battles in the spiritual sense. They have huge hearts in order to send blood up their long neck. A huge heart in human terms usually means a very kind and compassionate person. Those two words deeply imbedded into our persona is guarding our hearts from hardening. A
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Do you ever feel like you’re barely hanging on to hope, faithfulness, or the hem of Jesus’ garment? Do not let past mistakes, endless setbacks, or others behaviors persuade you to give up. If a tree can grow tall and beautiful while hanging on by a thread of bare root, you can too. You never
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The earth speaks the voice of the Lord in melodious tones. All humans need to do is pause, stop, be still, and listen to know the Great I Am is present. Bird song is calming yet uplifting in our spirit. It is music to our souls. The wind breathes through the leaves of trees as
Sometimes ordinary things are just what we need. Cats bask in the sunshine. Birds bathe in the rain. Turkeys take dust baths in the heat of summer. Bears sleep all winter. We could learn much from God’s creation, animals, seasons, and scripture. The deep, secret meanings are there, especially in the parables Jesus taught. Whoever
This is the week Jesus overcame the onslaughts of trials meted out by the evil pursuits of this world. These trials culminated in death as was the plan of the authorities and the people. Yet death did not win as so many assumed it would. When trials come into our lives let us be reminded
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Ancestral wisdom is generational. What grandmothers teach the younger ones today, they will remember it when they are older.
As I stood out in the rain this morning with my dog, Batman, I heard a sacred sound. I payed attention. Even though unseen, Doves cooing are always a reminder that Holy Spirit is present. It’s part of the way God sends out an olive branch to us in mysterious ways. The dove came back
Moral danger runs rampant and has so since the beginning of time. It is not what you might think. In our moral goodness we can become so sheltered by our little world that we overlook the lurking pull of pride, ego, and complacency. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a
